Politica e verdade

Outro dia eu comecei a escrever um post (mas nao publiquei) que, basicamente, dizia que politica eh a arte de manipular os fatos com o objetivo de convencer as pessoas a fazer o que voce quer. No dia eu estava meio revoltado com o universo e, por isso, descartei. Porem hj vi a seguinte frase no blog do Jose Saramago:

"Politica eh a arte de não dizer a verdade."
http://caderno.josesaramago.org/2008/11/02/mentira-verdade/

Politicos-de-plantao dizem que 'politica eh necessario'. Isso eh a verdade?

Nao na minha opiniao.

PS.: Imediatamente apos ler a frase veio a minha cabeca o pensamento 'eu jah tive esta ideia'... incrivel como isso acontece frequentemente comigo

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